Thursday, February 7, 2008
SMU football signs 28 to national letters of intent
Capitalizing on the excitement surrounding the SMU football program, the Mustangs have signed 28 student-athletes to National Letters of Intent, Head Coach June Jones announced on Wednesday, February 6.
Of the 28 signees, two have already enrolled at SMU, two are junior college transfers and 24 are high school student-athletes. The Mustangs landed a crop of players from across the nation, signing players from Arizona, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas and Virginia.
"While we did get a late start on the recruiting process, I was amazed at the level of talent available," said Jones. "We received over 2,000 tapes and DVDs over the past few weeks and were contacted by numerous talented players. SMU has become a very attractive option for standouts from Texas and across the nation. I truly believe this is the start of a very exciting time at SMU."
2008 SMU SIGNEES
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School)
Chris Banjo DB 5-10 191 Sugar Land, Texas (Kempner)
Cole Beasley SLOT 5-9 171 Little Elm, Texas (Little Elm)
Zach Boyd OL 6-4 251 Dallas, Texas (Highland Park)
Jimmy Chase OL 6-2 244 Garland, Texas (North Garland)
E.J. Drewery WR 6-6 199 Chesapeake, Va. (ASC)
Andrew Ellison DL 6-2 232 College Station, Texas (A&M)
Josh Emshoff OL 6-4 271 Lufkin, Texas (Lufkin)
Jordan Free OL 6-2 292 Baton Rouge, La. (Parkview Baptist)
Kevin Grenier DE 6-4 243 Tucson, Ariz. (Salpointe)
Evan Huahulu DL 6-1 300 Anaheim, Calif. (Servite)
Victor Jones LB 6-0 213 Richland, Texas (Richland)
B.J. Lee SLOT 5-5 160 Ridgeland, Miss. (Ridgeland)
Zach Line LB 6-1 208 Oxford, Mich. (Oxford)
Cole Loftin SLOT 6-0 174 Aledo, Texas (Aledo)
Bryce Lunday SLOT 5-8 178 Sheridan, Ark. (Sheridan)
Deyon McElroy DB 6-0 182 Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Chaffey C.C.)
Blake McJunkin OL 6-2 256 Plano, Texas (Plano)
Bo Levi Mitchell QB 6-1 199 Katy, Texas (Katy)
Sidney Nwangwu OL 6-4 314 Midland, Texas (Midland)
Alex Odiari LB 6-0 253 Carrolton, Texas (Collin County C.C.)
Robert Parker DE 5-11 219 Humble, Texas (Humble)
Torlan Pittman DL 6-0 275 Bryan, Texas (Bryan)
Keith Robinson DB 5-8 164 Atco, N.J. (Winslow Township)
Andrew Robiskie OL 6-1 285 Chagrin Falls, Ohio (Chagrin Falls)
Braden Smith QB 6-0 191 Rockwall, Texas (Rockwall)
Ryan Smith DB 5-11 171 Houston, Texas (Lamar)
Taylor Thompson DE 6-6 237 Prosper, Texas (Prosper)
Quincey Whittington SLOT 5-8 159 Cuero, Texas (Cuero)
Source: SMU
